La chanson du jour - French songs 101

Félix Leclerc: Bozo (1950)

YT.

Henri Salvador: Maladie d'amour (1950)

YT (INA) He is so young :) The lyrics are partially in creole but I could not find them :( only the French part.

Edith Piaf: Hymne à l'amour (1950)

Hymne à l'amour, another great song. We learn via Wikipedia that Piaf wrote the lyrics for marcel Cerdan just before his death in october 1949.

Lyrics

Henri Salvador: Une chanson douce (1950)

 Une chanson douce: a very sweet song by Henri Salvador. Go back to listen to Syracuse :)

Une chanson douce by Céline Dion (I prefer Henri).

Juliette Gréco: Si tu t'imagines (1950)

The first song by Juliette Gréco. Lyrics by the writer Raymond Queneau and music by Joseph Kosma. The bio is more detailed in the French Wikipedia (of course).
Lyrics
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